Jaikirshan J. Khatri, MD

Raj Chandwaney , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Fotios Gkargkoulas , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

Larissa Stanberry , PhD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Ross F. Garberich , MS, MBA, MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Michael S. Megaly , MD, MS;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Equipment Utilization in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Update From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

The impact of intravascular ultrasound utilization for stent optimization on the long-term outcomes in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention has received limited study.

The impact of intravascular...

09/30/2020

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

02/01/2023

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Jimmy L. Kerrigan , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Yader Sandoval , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Olga C. Mastrodemos , BA;

Procedural and In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From a Prospective Multicenter International Registry

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Guidewires and microcatheters are critical to the success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined equipment utilization in 11,202 CTO-PCIs performed in 10,952 patients at 42 United States (US)...

Guidewires and microcatheters...

02/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

09/01/2021

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Pouyan Arman , MD;

Ankur Gupta , MD, DM, PhD;

Paul B. Poomipanit , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Farshad Forouzandeh , MD, PhD;

Mir Babar Basir , MD, DO;

Treatment of Diffuse Right Coronary Aneurysmal Disease With Standard Drug-Eluting Stent Scaffolding of Polytetrafluoroethylene-Covered Stents

Nidal Abi Rafeh , MD;

Ehtisham Mahmud , MD;

Ahmed M. ElGuindy , MD, MSc, FRCP;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

We assessed the clinical and procedural characteristics, technical success, procedural success, and in-hospital outcomes of 2314 patients who underwent CTO-PCI at 20 experienced centers between 2012 and 2017, classified according to whether...

We assessed the clinical and...

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Clinical Images

04/26/2018

Jeffrey E. Rossi , MD;

Terence Hill , MD;

Body Mass Index and Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Is Overweight the New Normal?

Demonstration of a novel technique to safely exclude long aneurysmal segments that require multiple covered stents in a single segment. In addition, these images and video series demonstrate the usefulness of balloon-assisted GuideLiner...

Demonstration of a novel...

04/26/2018

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Brief Communication

03/01/2023

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Rhian E. Davies , DO, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI;

Lorenzo Azzalini , MD, PhD, MSc;

Darshan Doshi , MD, MS;

Distal Radial Access in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Although high body mass index (BMI) is a known risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases, people who are overweight or obese often have better outcomes after cardiac procedures. Whether this "obesity paradox" is observed in...

Although high body mass index...

03/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

09/01/2021

Dimitrios Karmpaliotis , MD, PhD;

Robert W. Yeh , MD, MBA, MSc;

Ioannis Tsiafoutis , MD;

Nicholas J. Lembo , MD;

Michalis Koutouzis , MD, PhD;

Anthony H. Doing , MD;

Abdul M. Sheikh , MD;

Catalin Toma , MD;

Mohamed Omer , MD;

James W. Choi , MD;

Iosif Xenogiannis , MD;

Philip Dattilo , MD;

Hector Tamez , MD;

Evangelia Vemmou , MD;

Habib Samady , MD;

Ilias Nikolakopoulos , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Ziad A. Ali , MD, DPhil;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Santiago Garcia , MD;

Manish A. Parikh , MD;

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

M. Nicholas Burke , MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Ajay J. Kirtane , MD, SM;

Basem Elbarouni , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al. compared the clinical, angiographic, and procedural characteristics of 120 CTO-PCIs performed via dRA access with 2625 CTO-PCIs performed via proximal radial access (pRA) in a large, multicenter registry.

Dr. Nikolakopoulos, et al....

09/01/2021

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Case Report

Complex PCI

04/03/2020

Laura D. Young , MD;

Use of Bivalirudin for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Intervention: Insights From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry

Vinayak Nagaraja , MD, MBBS, MS, FRACP, MMed;

TAKERU PTCA Balloon Dilatation Catheters have been recently launched by Terumo. In this report, we summarize our initial experience with the TAKERU balloon catheter. Since July 1, 2019, we have used these balloon catheters in over 40 cases.

TAKERU PTCA Balloon Dilatation...

04/03/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Original Contribution

04/01/2023

Dmitrii Khelimskii , MD;

Barry F. Uretsky , MD;

Taral N. Patel , MD;

Mitul P. Patel , MD;

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Who Received Percutaneous Coronary Intervention During Snowy Days

Khaldoon Alaswad , MD;

Wissam A. Jaber , MD;

Louis Verreault-Julien , MD, MPH;

Omer Goktekin , MD;

William J. Nicholson , MD;

Athanasios Rempakos , MD;

Bahadir Simsek , MD;

Spyridon Kostantinis , MD;

Salman S. Allana , MD;

Paul Poommipanit , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Sevket Gorgulu , MD;

Stéphane Rinfret , MD, SM;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Oleg Krestyaninov , MD;

The authors compare clinical outcomes – including major adverse cardiac events and vascular complications – of CTO-PCIs performed using bivalirudin vs unfractionated heparin.

The authors compare clinical...

04/01/2023

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

10/01/2021

Mohamed M. Gad , MD;

Yasser M. Sammour , MD;

Joseph Campbell , MD;

Rishi Puri , MD;

Grant W. Reed , MD, MSc;

Stephen G. Ellis , MD;

Samir R. Kapadia , MD;